833 Quotes by Marie Lu

I've always been interested in exploring the concept of child prodigies. When I was younger, I wrote a story about Mozart as a child, and I just always loved this idea of young people who are able to take control of their lives and bring a whole lot of change at such a young age.

Boys are different from girls, but boys are also different from other boys, just as girls are different from other girls. Calling a book 'for boys' or 'for girls' is well-meaning, but to me, not terribly helpful.

I've seen fan art from readers that is professional-grade in quality.

I went into writing 'The Young Elites' with a great deal of fear - I'd been told repeatedly that a villain's story would be far too dark for young readers to want and that no one would like my villainess, Adelina. I braced myself for epic failure.

I have an obsession with describing hair. I don't know why - hair is just really pretty.

I used to work in the video game industry before I became a full-time writer.

Comics and animation have some of the deepest stories I've ever seen.

A really fun fan moment was when a fan gave me a copy of 'Legend' that he had turned into a functional clock!

Movies require so many moving pieces to align that it really is a miracle that anything is made!